How Emperor Napoleon’s page boy ended up owning the Brick Hotel. Joe, the hardware man, seemed a perfect fit in…
Of Western couture, cattle drives and drover inns in Bucks County. Some years back I led a two-day symposium on…
How African-Americans lost the right to vote by what happened in Bucks County in 1837. Who would ever guess that…
Storm ravages the last of Bucks County’s oak trees that sprouted in William Penn’s time. Nature’s oldest living things have…
An Atlantic wonder fish, rocks and a ferry put Pebbletown on the map. If you don’t slow down on River…
A crumbling architectural marvel from 1804 in Warwick needs a savior. I recently suggested an adventure to the grand kids:…
Bucks County history inspires recollections from local readers. The fun of digging into history is discovering something unusual. I thank…
TV star Julia Child discovered Bucks after marrying Charlie Child’s brother. The only thing I wonder is this: Did Charlie…
Lela Mercer was a European baroness whose brothers made Doylestown famous. Last fall I toured the Aldie Mansion in Doylestown…
Depression-era jobs program put citizens to work building the Bristol-Burlington Bridge. The other day I was out for a walk…